Civil 3D for Rail Design

Civil 3D features for rail redesign

Features

Alignments and profiles

Use rail alignments to create rail lines with common stationing based on specified tolerances that adjust with changes to parent rail alignment geometry, profile, and cant. (video: 1:46 min.)

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Video: Silent screencast showing use of the Alignment Layout tool palette on a drawing of a rail yard and station

Special trackwork design

Design turnouts for branching alignments and crossover switches connecting parallel alignments based on a library of turnout and crossover types that you can edit, delete, or supplement.

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Drawing of rail station with draw turnout tool palette open

Corridor modeling

Build 3D track corridor models, including alignments, profiles, and assemblies. Incorporate designs for switches, turnouts, platforms, and calculations for cant. (video: 54 sec.)

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Video: Silent screencast that shows the tools for building a track corridor in the Civil 3D user interface

Platform edge design

Design platform edges for light or heavy rail using single or dual platform subassemblies with a dynamically updating platform edge running along a track. (video: 1:01 min.)

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Video: Silent screencast that shows the tools for designing platform edges in the Civil 3D user interface

Design automation

Use visual programming to generate scripts that automate repetitive and complex tasks, including electrification, signaling, and other system elements. (video: 2:42 min.)

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Video: Optimize and enhance the rail design process using the tools in the AEC Collection

Optimize rail design throughout all project phases

Establish context and perform conceptual and detailed designs of horizontal and vertical structures. (video: 2:18 min.)

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Video: Use tools in Civil 3D and the AEC Collection for detailed design and documentation of rail track networks

Streamline rail track design

Conduct detailed modeling and documentation of rail network assets. (video: 4:07 min.)

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Video: Use the tools in the AEC Collection to automate rail design workflows

Automate design workflows

Use Dynamo to automate design and detailing of complex and routine tasks to accelerate project processes. (video: 2:37 min.)

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“I don’t think it’s a question of if we should use BIM … To me, that’s not even a question any more.”

— Lennart Andersson, Director of Virtual Design & Construction, Operations, LiRo Group

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“We were able to use the tools within the AEC Collection to help us speed the completion of repetitive design tasks.”

— Hua Xie, IT Supervisor, China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group

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Efficiently model and analyze rail projects

Civil 3D features for rail redesign

Features

Connect other Autodesk products for rail design

Optimize rail design throughout all project phases

Streamline rail track design

Automate design workflows

“If we have a dream, somewhere there’s an Autodesk program that makes the dream come true.”

“The possibility to connect data on different platforms reduces the time that is needed to find the right data.”

“I don’t think it’s a question of if we should use BIM … To me, that’s not even a question any more.”

“We were able to use the tools within the AEC Collection to help us speed the completion of repetitive design tasks.”